Popeye_Card wrote:8 [expletive] years for Eric [expletive] Hosmer? Get the [expletive] out of here. Count your blessings that the Padres and Royals are stupid enough to do 7.
Player in "wanting to maximise payment for employment" shocker
He (reportedly) has 7 year offers on the table, which is way longer than players of his caliber typically get. He doesn't have that large of market clamoring for his services. It seems really silly to hold out for another year. But then again maybe both the Royals and Padres are stupid enough to not pull their deals off the table either.
In other words, if this backfires on him and he has to settle for a 4-5 year deal, it is his own fault.
Well I take back what I’ve said in collusion threads about all of thr teams being smarter now. The Royals and Padres are apparently still dumb. They just both want the same guy.
Mark Appel told Joon Lee of Bleacher Report that he is taking an "indefinite break" from baseball.
The former No. 1 overall pick was outrighted off the Phillies' 40-man roster in November after posting a 5.27 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, and 60/53 K/BB ratio in 82 innings last season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Appel is still relatively young and could try to return to the sport at some point, but for now he's looking for internships in private equity and business while applying to some top-flight business schools like Rice, the University of Texas, Stanford, Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. "I'm 26, I have a Stanford degree, I have many interests beyond baseball, which I still love, but I have a lot of things I care about," Appel said. "I enjoy challenging my mind. My last four years in baseball have challenged my mind."
Source: Bleacher Report
Feb 1 - 10:02 AM
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Brewers "have had recent contact" with the Rays about a potential Chris Archer trade.
Rosenthal cautions that "a deal would appear unlikely" because Tampa Bay probably wants something more than Domingo Santana or Brett Phillips -- the Brewers' expendable outfielders -- in exchange for a controllable ace. Rosenthal also notes that Milwaukee "might not want to cut deeper into its farm system" after giving up four prospects to the Marlins for Christian Yelich. Archer told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times last week that he does not expect to be traded before the beginning of the 2018 season.
Mark Appel told Joon Lee of Bleacher Report that he is taking an "indefinite break" from baseball.
The former No. 1 overall pick was outrighted off the Phillies' 40-man roster in November after posting a 5.27 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, and 60/53 K/BB ratio in 82 innings last season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Appel is still relatively young and could try to return to the sport at some point, but for now he's looking for internships in private equity and business while applying to some top-flight business schools like Rice, the University of Texas, Stanford, Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. "I'm 26, I have a Stanford degree, I have many interests beyond baseball, which I still love, but I have a lot of things I care about," Appel said. "I enjoy challenging my mind. My last four years in baseball have challenged my mind."
Source: Bleacher Report
Feb 1 - 10:02 AM
Just seen some douchebag on Facebook call him "the personification of failure", which is a bit rich coming from someone whose main achievements presumably do not involve a Stanford degree and being really, really good at baseball.
Mark Appel told Joon Lee of Bleacher Report that he is taking an "indefinite break" from baseball.
The former No. 1 overall pick was outrighted off the Phillies' 40-man roster in November after posting a 5.27 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, and 60/53 K/BB ratio in 82 innings last season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Appel is still relatively young and could try to return to the sport at some point, but for now he's looking for internships in private equity and business while applying to some top-flight business schools like Rice, the University of Texas, Stanford, Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. "I'm 26, I have a Stanford degree, I have many interests beyond baseball, which I still love, but I have a lot of things I care about," Appel said. "I enjoy challenging my mind. My last four years in baseball have challenged my mind."
Source: Bleacher Report
Feb 1 - 10:02 AM
Just seen some douchebag on Facebook call him "the personification of failure", which is a bit rich coming from someone whose main achievements presumably do not involve a Stanford degree and being really, really good at baseball.
Yeah, that's rich. The guy was the number one overall draft pick in his sport and has earned about $7 mil by the age of 26, has a Stanford degree, and will soon have an MBA from a top notch school. It's a shame it didn't work out for him in baseball, but there are dozens of #1 overall picks who didn't work out in pro sports. The multifaceted people who are exceptionally good at a sport and also academics/business/medicine/whatever are fascinating to me.
Mark Appel told Joon Lee of Bleacher Report that he is taking an "indefinite break" from baseball.
The former No. 1 overall pick was outrighted off the Phillies' 40-man roster in November after posting a 5.27 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, and 60/53 K/BB ratio in 82 innings last season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Appel is still relatively young and could try to return to the sport at some point, but for now he's looking for internships in private equity and business while applying to some top-flight business schools like Rice, the University of Texas, Stanford, Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. "I'm 26, I have a Stanford degree, I have many interests beyond baseball, which I still love, but I have a lot of things I care about," Appel said. "I enjoy challenging my mind. My last four years in baseball have challenged my mind."
Source: Bleacher Report
Feb 1 - 10:02 AM
Just seen some douchebag on Facebook call him "the personification of failure", which is a bit rich coming from someone whose main achievements presumably do not involve a Stanford degree and being really, really good at baseball.
Yeah, that's rich. The guy was the number one overall draft pick in his sport and has earned about $7 mil by the age of 26, has a Stanford degree, and will soon have an MBA from a top notch school. It's a shame it didn't work out for him in baseball, but there are dozens of #1 overall picks who didn't work out in pro sports. The multifaceted people who are exceptionally good at a sport and also academics/business/medicine/whatever are fascinating to me.
have nothing to add, other when i glanced at the post i originally though it said mark prior, and was like no freaking way in hell is he 26....oh, mark appel. my bad.
